01 Oct In a _______________________ the states have stronger sovereignty than the central government.
GOVT2305 Federal Government
Module 2 Quiz
Question 1
In a _______________________ the states have stronger sovereignty than the central government.
monarchical system
confederate system
unitary
federal
Question 2Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, which helps explain the powers of Congress, contains the _________________.
reserved powers
full faith and credit clause
enumerated powers
supremacy clause
Question 3Amendment 10 of the Constitution contains the ______________________.
reserved powers
enumerated powers
elongated powers
treble powers
Question 4The Supreme Court case that determined the national government has the implied power to establish a national bank is ______________________.
Dred Scott
Gibbons v. Ogden
McCulloch v. Maryland
Plessy v. Ferguson
Question 5The doctrine that is based on the idea that a precise separation of national and state authority is both plausible and desirable.
dual federalism
striated federalism
coerced federalism
marble cake federalism
Question 6States’ rights is most closely associated with which of the following?
10th Amendment
1st Amendment
Article I, Sec. 10
Article IV
Question 7Over time, there’s been a nationalization of America’s federal system—a gradual shift in power from the states to the national government.
True
False
Question 8The “necessary and proper” clause is sometimes referred to as the elastic clause.
True
False
Question 9The concept of state sovereignty has been expanded and grown in the US since the days of the Articles of Confederation
True
False
Question 10 Unitary systems of government are so named because they do not have member states.
True
False
Question 11The US has never operated under a confederate system.
True
False
Question 12The US now operates under a system of dual federalism.
True
False
Question 13Unfunded mandates are actually never enforced by way of civil and/or criminal penalties for noncompliance by state and local authorities.
True
False
Question 14Which of the following cases in Texas cannot be heard by the federal courts?
maritime cases
divorces
cases arising under the US Constitution
cases between people from two different states
Question 15Which of the following statements most closely represents the intent of the full faith and credit clause?
state governors must give full faith and credit to the edicts of the president
the president must give full faith and credit to the desires of the Supreme Court
each state must give full faith and credit to the court rulings of other states
the states must give full faith and credit to the rulings of the US Supreme Court
Question 16The supremacy clause of the US Constitution is most accurately represented by which of the following statements?
the president’s executive orders are supreme to rulings of the US Supreme Court
Dual federalism is supreme over cooperative federalism
US treaties are superior to any state law
because of the 10th Amendment, state constitutions are the supreme law for that state
Question 17The US Constitution guarantees that each state will have a republican form of government.
True
False
Question 18Federal grants-in-aid are used to encourage states and localities to pursue nationally defined goals
True
False
Question 19The consensus among the framers was that states ___________________________.
would retain any powers not delegated to the national government
would resolve disputes between citizens of different states
that produced their own constitutions would be allowed to have their own constitution deemed to be the supreme law of their state
lose all of their sovereignty once the Constitution was ratified
Question 20The US federal system is one in which states and the national government share some responsibilities.
True
False
